वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-1, verse-58

तत्र लङ्कां समासाद्य पुरीं रावणपालिताम् ।
ददर्श सीतां ध्यायन्तीमशोकवनिकां गताम् ॥५८॥

58. tatra laṅkāṃ samāsādya purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām ,
dadarśa sītāṃ dhyāyantīmaśokavanikāṃ gatām.

58. tatra laṅkām samāsādya purīm rāvaṇapālitām
dadarśa sītām dhyāyantīm aśokavanikām gatām

58. tatra rāvaṇapālitām purīm laṅkām samāsādya
dhyāyantīm aśokavanikām gatām sītām dadarśa

58. Having arrived at Lanka, the city protected (pālitām) by Ravana, he saw Sita, who was contemplating and had gone to the Ashoka (aśoka) grove.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in Lanka) (there, in that place, thereupon)

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lanka (name of a city/island)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having obtained

• पुरीम् (purīm) - city, town

• रावणपालिताम् (rāvaṇapālitām) - ruled by Ravana, protected by Ravana

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, he beheld

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (name of Rama's wife)

• ध्यायन्तीम् (dhyāyantīm) - meditating, contemplating

• अशोकवनिकाम् (aśokavanikām) - Ashoka grove, garden of Ashoka trees

• गताम् (gatām) - gone, arrived, resorted to

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (in Lanka) (there, in that place, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lanka (name of a city/island)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (the capital city of Ravana)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From sam-ā-√sad with suffix -ya (after upasargas)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

पुरीम् (purīm) - city, town

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

रावणपालिताम् (rāvaṇapālitām) - ruled by Ravana, protected by Ravana

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rāvaṇapālita

rāvaṇapālita - ruled/protected by Ravana

Compound type : tatpurusha (rāvaṇa+pālita)

• rāvaṇa – Ravana (name of the demon king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pālita – protected, guarded, ruled
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √pāl (to protect)
  Root: pāl (class 10)

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, he beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (name of Rama's wife)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama, daughter of Janaka)

ध्यायन्तीम् (dhyāyantīm) - meditating, contemplating

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhyāyat

dhyāyat - meditating, contemplating

Present Active Participle

From √dhyāi (to meditate)

Root: dhyāi (class 1)

अशोकवनिकाम् (aśokavanikām) - Ashoka grove, garden of Ashoka trees

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśokavanikā

aśokavanikā - Ashoka grove, garden of Ashoka trees

Compound type : tatpurusha (aśoka+vanikā)

• aśoka – Ashoka tree (Saraca asoca); causing no sorrow
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: a
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• vanikā – small grove, garden
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used here with a locative sense: 'in the grove'

गताम् (gatām) - gone, arrived, resorted to

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, resorted to, being in

Past Passive Participle

From √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)